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I was trying to do an indepth report on the History of the Epps for a present for my dad for christmas. Although This didn't work out. I'd still like to finish it.
I have acouple names and places... Please if someone knows something, or feels like being a nice guy. Please help me out.
Epp is an old mennonite family name in the Old Flemish Congregations of west Prussia mentioned in the Danzig Archives of 1584. In 1586 an Ep, born at Losendorff, Dutch province of Groningen, lived at Langarten near Danzig. Members of this family emigrated to Russia and America. In the Dutch Naamlijst the name Epp is first found among the ministers in 1766, Perter Epp and Cornelis Epp being preachers of the flemish congregation of Danzig. Peter served from 1758 as a preacher and became an elder in 1779, serving until about 1790; Cornelis was a preacher until at least 11810. Leading later members of the family include David Epp, elder of the Chortitza (Russia) Flemish gongregation 1793- 1802, on of the delegates to St. Petersburg 1798-1800, who obtained the Gnaden-privilegium from the Czar; heinrich Epp, a teacher and elder of the Chortitza Zentral-schule; Dietrich H. Epp, editor of Der Bote 1924-55.
Please if any of this sounds familiar, could you tell me what you know.
Chris Epp
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